SPOTLIGHT

Early version of First Committee side events calendar is available

UNREC and UNDP Assist Sahel Countries in Addressing the Illicit Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons

Dag Hammarskjöld Library: Research Guide and Book Exhibit to commemorate International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, 26 September

High Representative on #UNGA @Facebook Live speaks on the Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty

High Representative’s remarks to the Security Council ministerial meeting on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

Updated – Photo Library: Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Signing Ceremony

World leaders urge universal accession, as they sign Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons at UN Headquarters ceremony

List of States signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on its opening day, 20 September 2017

DISARMAMENT IN THE NEWS

Imaging drones to spot signs of explosive chemicals leaking from landmines

UNFOLD ZERO interviews UN General Assembly President

Project to connect American youth with Atomic Bomb survivors (Hibakusha) winding down

japantimes.co.jp

Showing Hiroshima’s Reality

FEATURED CONTENT

2017 Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference

Website for the UN Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons

Disarmament Education

UN Report on Military Expenditures

UNODA UPDATE

UNREC and UNDP Assist Sahel Countries in Addressing the Illicit Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons

Dag Hammarskjöld Library: Research Guide and Book Exhibit to commemorate International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (26 Sep)

Afghanistan’s determination to address the IED problem and its accession to the CCW

Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan share experiences and discuss progress in implementing UN Security Council resolution 1540 (2004)

Training Workshop to Build Capacity of Central Asian States to Strengthen the Implementation of the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Early version of First Committee side event calendar is available

Information for participants: Tenth Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty New York, 20 September 2017

Invitation to NGOs to register by 15 September 2017: Tenth Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

For NGOs: UN General Assembly High-level Plenary Meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

EVENTS

September 28 - November 2, 2017

General Assembly, First Committee, Seventy-second session

New York

October 2 - 5, 2017

CTBTO Advisory Group, 49th session

Vienna, Austria

October 23 - 25, 2017

CTBTO: Working Group A, 52nd session

Vienna

November 6 - 8, 2017

Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Preparatory Commission, 49th session

Vienna, Austria

November 6 - 10, 2017

Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, 7th session

Vienna, Austria

November 13 - 15, 2017

CTBTO: Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty Organization Preparatory Commission, 49th session

Vienna

November 20 - 22, 2017

Board of Governors: Technical Assistance and Cooperation Committee

Vienna, Austria

November 23 - 24, 2017

IAEA Board of Governors

Vienna, Austria

December 4 - 8, 2017

Meeting of States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)

Geneva

December 18 - 22, 2017

Sixteenth Meeting of States Parties to the Anti Personnel Land Mine Convention

Vienna